Women, the poor, and blacks are less likely than others to be represented on trials for capital cases. One big reason for this, according to the text, is that ____.
a. judges tend to be in favor of the death penalty, and therefore remove from jury panels members of these groups because they are believed to be relatively averse to the death penalty
b. trials for these cases tend to be held in counties where these groups are underrepresented
c. these groups tend to be more opposed to the death penalty than others, and thus often opt out of sitting on juries for these cases
d. these groups tend to be more opposed to the death penalty than others, and are thus often disqualified from sitting on juries for these cases
Question 2
Juries for robbery trials, assault trials, and other trials all go through a process of voir dire; juries for capital cases also go through a screening called ____.
a. venire
b. death qualification
c. continuance
d. peremptory challenge
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